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Halford's his first album Resurrection was included in Martin Popoff's The Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time. As well, the songs "Silent Screams" & the title-track "Resurrection" were included in Popoff's list. The track "The One You Love To Hate" guest included Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson.
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Happiest roughing it 'as a wandering friar living in a tent', Halford had a larrikin trait which provided his point of contact with men. His reputation as the founder of the Bush Brotherhood sits uneasily, given his dislike of the outback and preference for the coastal bushlands. The refinement in manners which he retained suggested to his obituarist that Queensland was a mistaken destination, Halford's gifts and sensibilities being more suited to the ancient civilizations of India or Japan.
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During the tour for Painkiller, Halford rode onstage on a large Harley-Davidson motorcycle, dressed in motorcycle leathers, as part of the show. He collided with a drum riser and fell off the motorcycle, breaking his nose.[7] After regaining consciousness, Halford returned and performed the whole concert. In the band's Behind the Music episode, Halford named the accident as one of the events that caused the rift between him and the rest of the band that would eventually force them apart. However, during an interview with Bernard Perusse of The Gazette (August 1, 2007), he is quoted as saying "And it absolutely did not [lead me to leaving the band]. It was just an accident." After a 20-year career with Judas Priest, Halford announced to the band on July 4, 1991 that he was leaving the band, and he ... sued their label, Sony, for restrictive practices.
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Halford had limited time for research, but did study snake envenomation between 1865 and 1875. While working as house surgeon at Westminster Hospital earlier in his career, Halford had treated a snakebite patient. The man survived the crude treatment which included applying leeches to his throat. In Melbourne, Halford examined at least one deceased snakebite victim and conducted microscopic studies and animal experiments before proposing a germ theory of envenomation. According to this theory, snake venoms expel molecules of living matter that enter the bloodstream and, unless promptly deactivated, multiply rapidly, consuming the oxygen needed by the body's cells and resulting in coma and death. This theory was rejected by a number of Halford's colleagues in Australia, causing him to eventually modify his theory.
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Halford was born and raised in Walsall,[4] a town to the northwest of Birmingham, in England's West Midlands. He sang for numerous bands including Athens Wood, Lord Lucifer, Abraxas, Thark and Hiroshima.
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Mr. Halford was born and raised in Gouverneur in a family of 13 children. At age 17, during World War II, he enlisted and served 4 1/2 years in the Marine Corps and eventually returned to Gouverneur to complete high school.
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